Personal Hardship Assistance has been activated for the flood-impacted local government areas of Bundaberg, Carpentaria, Doomadgee, Douglas, McKinlay and Western Downs.
The financial support, funded under the joint Commonwealth-state Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA), includes emergency payments of $180 for individuals and up to $900 for a family of five or more for essentials like food, clothing and medicine.
Other measures mainly targeting uninsured, low-income residents are also available in certain areas, including grants to reconnect essential services, to replace flood damaged whitegoods, and to carry out urgent repairs to make a home safe and habitable.
Newly activated Bundaberg localities include Avoca, Branyan, Bungadoo, Pine Creek, Morganville and South Kolan, and new localities in Douglas Shire are Bloomfield, Dagmar, Forest Creek, Kimberley, Noah and Stewart Creek Valley.
Residents impacted by this week’s flooding can check their eligibility and see what support is available to them at www.disaster.qld.gov.au or by calling the Queensland Community Recovery Hotline on 1800 173 349.
Bundaberg residents can also apply for assistance in person at local Community Recovery Hubs stood up in the city’s south and west.
At a local government level, the councils of Bulloo, Lockhart River and Western Downs can now recoup the costs of their counter disaster operations and the reconstruction of essential public assets under the DRFA.
